Small votives—worth it?

Hi Katherine. I think gold mercury glass will give you more color and a warm, textured glow as you were hoping. Also, your tables are larger, so this can give you the opportunity to branch out your tablescape design from the middle. There are affordable sets on Amazon and Oriental Trading Co. I was in a similar mindset looking to add more color, with 60" rounds, 21' ceilings, and high and low centerpieces (sorry, no good pics without people). My venue provided both clear votives (white candle, flame) and silver mercury votives (yellow flame inside) and I liked the textured look better. I also added uplighting. If you choose mercury glass, you can also use battery-operated tealights for less flame sensitivity. Best wishes.

I would totally just use what the venue has! It will still give you a nice glow and I don't think anyone would notice the difference if you got the mercury ones. We had small votives scattered throughout and I just loved how it looked. I don't have a good picture, but you can kind of see in the front of this picture the votive.